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Tonight, the hunt for one
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of the most wanted
men in the world
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and how this seemingly
untouchable drug lord
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was finally caught.
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Many say that El
Chapo is responsible
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for at least 50% of
all the illegal drugs
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that enter the United
States from Mexico.
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Forbes Magazine even
estimated his value
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into the billions of dollars.
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For years, US and Mexican
agents have been searching
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for El Chapo, trying to
bring him to justice.
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El Chapo becomes
public enemy number one,
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someone that was always
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seemingly outsmarting
authorities.
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He really focused
on using tunnels
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to always have an escape route.
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El Chapo has pulled off
the greatest Houdini Act yet
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and no one knows where he's at.
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Now, we follow the
global hunt for El Chapo
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and the operation that
ended with his capture.
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Everybody in the world
is looking for this guy
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and he's planning
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on making a big budget
movie about himself.
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It seems like every time
agents hone in on him,
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he's magically gone again.
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The question for
law enforcement is,
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where is the drug Lord hiding
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and can they ever
get there first?
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April 8th, 1989, the
leader of Mexico's
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most powerful drug
cartel is arrested
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for the murder of a DEA agent.
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Before going to prison,
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his empire is divided
between three drug lords,
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but once Gallardo is
incarcerated, they go to war.
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One of them will stop at
nothing to come out on top.
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Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman,
better known as El Chapo.
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El Chapo is the illiterate son
of a Mexican farmer who rose
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to prominence to become
one of the most famous
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and perhaps the most
ruthless drug trafficker
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in the history of the world.
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And he does this by
unleashing a rash
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of violence across
the country of Mexico.
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One example of this violence
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is he knew that some
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of his rival members in a cartel
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were gonna be dancing one
night at a dance club,
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so he sends his henchmen
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to go raid the dance floor,
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bullets flying everywhere,
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and the end result?
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Most of the cartel
members got off scot-free,
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but six innocent
people died that night.
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This led to a train
reaction
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that ended up unfolding
at the Guadalajara airport
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in broad daylight just
a few months later.
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His rivals tracked him down
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and they thought that
they had opened fire
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on his white sedan,
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but what ended up happening
though is they ended up
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killing a beloved
Mexican Cardinal.
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The cardinal's murder
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marks a turning point in the
country's narcotics wars.
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For the first time,
everyday Mexicans see
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how brutal the drug trade has
become and they want justice.
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The Mexican government at
this point is also working
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with the US Drug
Enforcement Administration
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who put on a bounty for
any information
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related to the location of
El Chapo.
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So he gets a fake passport
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and then flees to Guatemala.
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He lives pretty
comfortably for a little while,
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but then the political
pressure starts to heat up
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and sooner or later he's
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cornered by the
Guatemalan military
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and he is taken into custody
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and eventually charged with
multiple counts of murder
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and drug trafficking.
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And he's extradited
to Jalisco in Mexico
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where he's sent to a
maximum security prison.
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The Mexican government
was very proud of this moment,
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as well as they should be.
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The president goes on TV and
says, we have got El Chapo
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and he's not going to escape.
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El Chapo spends eight
years in that prison
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and it's really not
a bad time for him,
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because during the day,
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El Chapo micromanages his
business using his phone,
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and at night, it's party time.
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So there is alcohol,
there are prostitutes.
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He even has a private chef
and the wardens in prison
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and other officials
are paid off,
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and so they take
care of him there.
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While El Chapo
leads
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a charmed prison life in Mexico,
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the FBI is eager to have
him face trial in the US
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for his crimes.
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In 2001, a new law makes
that a possibility.
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The Mexican
Supreme Court rules
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that El Chapo can be extradited
to the United States,
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so long as the death penalty
is taken off the table.
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But this is one of the
worst fears for El Chapo.
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The chances of him
escaping from prison
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in the United States
are slim to none.
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But his extradition
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won't be happening anytime soon.
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On the evening of
January 19th, 2001,
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a prison worker makes
a shocking discovery.
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A security guard
goes to check on El Chapo
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and there's a curtain
draped over his cell.
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And as he enters, the
inmate is not there.
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El Chapo is no
longer in his cell.
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So some said that El Chapo
disappeared from prison hidden
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in a laundry cart under
a pile of dirty clothes.
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And the way it happened was
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that a corrupt prison
guard pushed him
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through various checkpoints
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and outside of the prison,
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where somebody else
whisked him away.
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El Chapo's escape
was a humiliation
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for the Mexican government.
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They had just gone on
television thumping their chest
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that they had caught
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the world's most
wanted drug trafficker,
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only for him to slip
through their fingers.
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Thousands of Mexican policemen
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scour the countryside
and cities,
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but every time they
think they're close,
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the drug lord vanishes.
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He's able to stay one
step ahead of the authorities
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and it's almost as though he's
never going to get caught.
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Months go by,
then years,
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and while the manhunt drags on,
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El Chapo expands his operation.
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He's creating new
routes to traffic
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from Mexico City,
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through Sinaloa, Sonora.
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He has all the west side of
the country under control
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and he's also expanding
in his portfolio of drugs.
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He already trafficked
marijuana, cocaine, heroin,
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and he starts also
trafficking meth.
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At that point, he
has made it very clear he wants
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to control the entire
US-Mexican border.
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In 2007, he declares war
on the Juarez cartel.
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What that means for the Mexican
people is decapitations,
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people hanging from bridges,
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whole families disappearing
in makeshift graves,
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and some people
just disappearing.
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At the height of the
violence in Juarez,
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tens of thousands of
Mexicans are being killed
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and many people blame El Chapo
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for being behind those murders.
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Rumors have it
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that he has entire police
departments on his payroll
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and also he has his
own private army
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with armored vehicles,
the latest weaponry,
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and helicopters,
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so it's very hard to reach him.
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The Mexican
government is paralyzed.
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The amount of money that
El Chapo is now making,
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through the control
of the drug trade,
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places him at the
top of the pyramid.
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He's now the premier drug
trafficker in the world.
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El Chapo's
enterprises
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are flooding the United
States with drugs,
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and the DEA and FBI
desperately want him
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in an American prison to pay
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for the crimes he's committed
against American citizens.
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With the entire world
now focused on El Chapo,
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the problem falls on the
shoulders of law enforcement,
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the DEA, the Mexican government,
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to figure out where El Chapo
is hiding.
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And they're really struggling
with this until they discover
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that El Chapo and his leadership
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are using Blackberry
mobile devices.
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But the additional
challenge they face is
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that the cartel has
actually installed
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a sophisticated
telephone system,
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so that they can
contact each other,
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but hide virtually the ID number
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on that phone from
law enforcement.
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The Blackberry at
that time had a number
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of security features
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and you needed a three digit pin
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in order to access that device.
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DEA or the FBI did not have
that information at that time.
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In February, 2012,
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it seems as though El Chapo
was never gonna be caught,
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but then the feds get
a big break.
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They take into custody
Christian Rodriguez,
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who's one of the top
lieutenants for El Chapo.
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And he's really the mastermind
behind this encrypted system.
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So in exchange for
a reduced sentence,
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he gives the pin numbers over
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and they get the keys to
this encryption system.
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So now the DEA has
the general location
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of El Chapo and his lieutenants,
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but the thing is they
can't pinpoint it down
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to a particular house.
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There is a great
deal of certainty
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that these devices are
operating in Cabo San Lucas.
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This is a very populated area.
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In fact, this is a
place that probably has
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two and a half to 3 million
visitors every year,
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usually rich Americans
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or wealthy Mexicans that
are coming to vacation.
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It's also, at that
moment in time,
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one of the most secure
places on the planet.
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In 2012, the G20
summit is happening in Los Cabos
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and this is a very high
profile political moment.
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There's Hillary Clinton in town,
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there's a lot of media,
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there's a lot of security for
all the diplomats coming in,
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and at that time,
Chapo is also in town.
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According to
messages and GPS phone signals,
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El Chapo and his entourage
are staying somewhere
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in an exclusive community
just north of Cabo San Lucas.
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The Mexican
authorities put together
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a 300 man operational team,
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which also involves
some DEA personnel,
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to surround the
resort area
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to try and prevent El Chapo
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from escaping once again.
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February 21st, 2012,
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it's go time for the
Mexican authorities.
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The problem is that they don't
know exactly where he is.
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They know of about a
dozen beachfront mansions
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and they raid every single one
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and they come up empty handed.
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And it isn't until the last one,
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another beachfront mansion
at the end of a cul-de-sac,
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that they zero in on who
they believe is El Chapo.
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They barge through
the door
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and there they find
El Chapo's pilot.
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And the other people who
were arrested in this house
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actually tell them, oh
yeah, El Chapo was here,
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but when he heard noises, he
left through the back door.
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The Mexican
authorities' repeated failure
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to capture El Chapo is,
for many, a national joke.
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First, he allegedly rolls out
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of a maximum security
prison with the laundry.
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Now, he simply walks
out the back door
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of his fancy seaside mansion.
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The fact that they
have had this big operation
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and they let the guy go
out through the back door,
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it is not a good look for
the Mexican government
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and it's a very, very
low moment in the morale
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of Mexican authorities.
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Now, the DEA are
extremely upset.
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They believe that there
is a significant leak
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within the Mexican police.
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Just days after he
slips out the back door,
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his cell phone is back on in
Cabo
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and it's pinging again
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and it's almost as though
El Chapo is sort of
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thumbing his nose at authorities
that are on his tail.
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For more than 15
years, Joaquin Guzman,
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AKA El Chapo,
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has dodged Mexican and US law
enforcement at every turn.
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No matter what agents try,
the kingpin always seems
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to be three steps ahead of them.
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That is until 2012 when a young
DEA agent named Andrew Hogan
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arrives in Mexico City,
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determined to outsmart El
Chapo once and for all.
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Hogan realizes that
even with the narrow escape,
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El Chapo is still using
the same Blackberry system,
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but he does see a difference.
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It used to be
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that the messages were going
directly from a lieutenant,
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or even somebody
lower, to El Chapo.
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There was something that
was a little different
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this time.
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It appeared that many of
the conversations seemed
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to drop off midstream.
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And as Hogan looked at
these messages, he started
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to wonder if they
were using a strategy
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that he had witnessed in
other drug investigations.
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Hogan, a data
expert, recognizes this pattern.
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It's a classic
counterintelligence move
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known as mirroring.
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The way mirroring
works,
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if you want to talk
to El Chapo, you have
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to send a Blackberry message
to a secondary individual.
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That individual retrieves the
message, types it on a laptop,
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uses the Wi-Fi system to
send it to another individual
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who retrieves the message,
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retypes it on his blackberry
and sends it to El Chapo.
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El Chapo will
answer the same way.
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So now you see there's a
firewall between the individual
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who sent the message
and the individual
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who received the message,
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making it impossible
to track El Chapo.
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But Hogan
isn't ready to give up.
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He's hoping that if he can
identify cartel members
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who are still using the server,
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he'll eventually
find the man himself.
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But first, he needs to
decipher their messages.
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What he discovers is
that there are a few keywords
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that really stand out.
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One, is the keyword "a hooded
one," which he determines
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to be law enforcement officers,
particularly DEA agents.
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Another term used by the
cartel is the water ones.
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That indicates the Mexican navy.
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And someone on the
roll indicated somebody
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who was taking bribes
from the cartel
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and providing information.
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Hogan focuses in
on the lieutenants.
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And one day, there's a
new phone that's involved
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that's barking orders
to these lieutenants.
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Hogan is betting
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that this can only be El Chapo,
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and for some reason,
the boss is back online.
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And according to this
new phone's GPS signal,
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he's on the move.
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As Hogan goes
through all of this information,
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he starts to really focus
on the city of Culiacan.
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He believes very
strongly that El Chapo
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and his top lieutenants are
going there to conduct business.
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More than a year
passes as they watch
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and wait preparing for what
might be their next move.
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Finally, in
December, 2013, there's a break.
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Several cartel phones
light up with a word
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that's used over
and over, "Pichis."
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Hogan and the
others,
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they don't know whether
it's a cartel nickname
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or whether it's
something warning
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that law enforcement's
listening in,
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until Hogan goes to a map.
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Pichis is a nickname
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for an abandoned duck hunting
club called Pichiguila,
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located in the foothills of
the Sierra Madre mountains.
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The intel on the
ground lets Hogan know
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that El Chapo actually
bought this place
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and he is fixing it up
into a luxury fortress.
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The land is flat
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which from El Chapo's
perspective is good
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because he can see anybody
coming in, nobody can hide.
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It's a horrible place for a
raid, for precisely that reason
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but, Hogan is detirmined.
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"We've got him there. Let's go
after him"
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Hogan thinks this is
a good moment to attack,
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but he's very wary
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of the situation that
happened in Kabul.
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He doesn't want
another humiliation,
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but legally he's required
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to inform the Mexican law
enforcement about the intel.
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So he contacts SEMAR,
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00:16:12,583 --> 00:16:16,332
which is an equivalent
of American Marine forces
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00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:19,208
and they have a
plan for an attack.
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On the morning
of January 19th, 2014,
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Hogan gets a call
from a fellow agent
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that El Chapo has just arrived
at the target location.
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It's time to make their move.
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They amass a major
operation.
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They have the Black Hawks.
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00:16:36,708 --> 00:16:40,999
They have hundreds of
SEMAR and 50 DEA agents.
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They cover the back
area this time,
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in an attempt to prevent El
Chapo from escaping yet again.
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Hogan's plan seems
very comprehensive.
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He has the military helping
with any air operations,
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with anything that's
happening by water,
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to cut off the
Gulf of California.
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And of course, the
DEA handling anything
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00:17:00,875 --> 00:17:02,791
as far as the roads
going in and out
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of the facility are concerned.
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They're ready to go,
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00:17:08,208 --> 00:17:11,374
until Hogan gets a message
from another DEA agent
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who has intercepted a
message to El Chapo.
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00:17:13,750 --> 00:17:17,874
It said, "The ones from
the water... hooded ones...
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stay alert crossing the pond."
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00:17:20,583 --> 00:17:23,707
The message to El
Chapo from his insiders is
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to be careful when he
tries to cross the pond,
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or that Gulf of California
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where those marines
are waiting for him.
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Obviously somebody's
warning El Chapo
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00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:37,249
that the American
intel is coming,
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00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:40,874
that the Marines are coming,
that the SEMAR is coming.
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They just don't know how
it could have happened.
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They later get
a message saying,
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"That 10K roll was worth it,"
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meaning someone had
just been paid off.
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Hogan is distraught.
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The only silver lining in all
of this
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is they still have
access to El Chapo's phone.
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So all Hogan needs to
do is just sit back
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00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:03,292
and wait for it to ping again.
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In 2014, the Mexican
drug lord, El Chapo,
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sits at the very top
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00:18:12,208 --> 00:18:14,499
of the FBI's most wanted list,
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00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:19,207
but every time law enforcement
gets near him, he slips away.
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00:18:19,208 --> 00:18:21,957
Now, agents have
tracked his phone
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to the Mexican city of Culiacan.
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00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:27,707
This is the headquarters
of El Chapo's cartel,
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one of the most dangerous
places on Earth.
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00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:35,707
This is a place that is
100% controlled by the cartels.
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Even in Culiacan, first
responders are not safe,
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and it's a place where
you find innocent people
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as collateral damage
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to the violence carried
out by the cartels.
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It's unclear if El Chapo
knows that he's being tracked,
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00:18:49,708 --> 00:18:51,541
but he knows that he's
going to be safe here.
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This is his hometown,
this is his headquarters,
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00:18:54,250 --> 00:18:56,499
this is his base of operations.
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00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,374
El Chapo knows that the
town is under lockdown
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00:18:59,375 --> 00:19:03,207
and he retreats about a mile
from the center of town,
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where the DEA is still
able to follow these pings.
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00:19:08,083 --> 00:19:09,624
DEA agent
Andrew Hogan
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00:19:09,625 --> 00:19:12,666
and his team have a
critical choice to make.
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Do they move into
dangerous cartel territory
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00:19:15,417 --> 00:19:17,457
and try to capture El Chapo
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00:19:17,458 --> 00:19:21,582
or wait until he heads to a
safer, less fortified spot?
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00:19:21,583 --> 00:19:24,041
The DEA and the Mexican
authorities are concerned
412
00:19:24,042 --> 00:19:26,582
that El Chapo's
way ahead of 'em.
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00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:30,374
They're still in his territory,
so they're very reluctant.
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00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:32,791
Hogan pushes back
hard because he knows,
415
00:19:32,792 --> 00:19:34,457
based on reading Chapo's text,
416
00:19:34,458 --> 00:19:36,541
that Chapo doesn't think
he's under surveillance.
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00:19:36,542 --> 00:19:38,291
And he's got it down to
about a one block radius
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of where he thinks
Chapo Guzman is.
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So he believes that
it's now or never.
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On February 15th, 2014,
it is a full all out operation
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to go into Culiacan.
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They use helicopters,
armored tanks,
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to go in to descend on El Chapo,
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because they're
expecting to be met
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with the most fierce resistance.
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00:20:04,875 --> 00:20:07,541
Hogan can't pinpoint
the exact house,
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00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:10,666
so they're swarming in
around this neighborhood
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00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,374
and that's when it
intercepts a message
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00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:14,457
from El Chapo to his cook,
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00:20:14,458 --> 00:20:16,458
"Lucia flatten the bathtub."
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00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:20,082
Hogan doesn't quite
know what that means,
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but it's significant.
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Surprisingly, the Marines are
able to sweep through the city
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and encounter little
physical resistance.
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They're able to get
through the town fairly quickly.
436
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They do wound a couple
of the cartel members,
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00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:36,332
but it's a large neighborhood
with a lot of houses,
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00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:38,957
so they're not exactly
sure where to go.
439
00:20:38,958 --> 00:20:43,249
They uncover piles of
guns, bricks of drugs,
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00:20:43,250 --> 00:20:45,499
but El Chapo is
nowhere to be found.
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00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,874
Just as they're
about to wrap up the operation,
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00:20:47,875 --> 00:20:49,874
they find somebody who's
trying to get outta town.
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00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:52,624
And this is another one of the
top lieutenants for El Chapo,
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a man who goes by the name
of El Nariz, or the nose.
445
00:20:57,542 --> 00:20:58,707
The Nose has been part
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00:20:58,708 --> 00:21:01,332
of El Chapo's inner
circle for years
447
00:21:01,333 --> 00:21:04,791
and sits high on authority's
most wanted list.
448
00:21:04,792 --> 00:21:08,166
Almost immediately, for
reasons he doesn't share,
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00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:10,416
he sells out his boss.
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00:21:10,417 --> 00:21:12,207
Law enforcement
thinks
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00:21:12,208 --> 00:21:13,666
that Chapo will be where
Nariz is,
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00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:15,916
so they do start questioning him
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00:21:15,917 --> 00:21:17,999
and pretty quickly Nariz says,
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"Look, it's a system where
we call all the safe houses
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with numbers and El Chapo
is in house number five.
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00:21:25,792 --> 00:21:27,874
The DEA and the
Marines,
457
00:21:27,875 --> 00:21:32,207
they know it could be a trap,
but they descend on a building
458
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and they come upon a steel door
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00:21:35,875 --> 00:21:40,541
reinforced against blast and
heat, and it slows them down.
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00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:42,707
When the DEA and the
Marines reach the door,
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00:21:42,708 --> 00:21:44,416
they're met with
a spray of bullets
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00:21:44,417 --> 00:21:46,832
and one soldier is injured
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00:21:46,833 --> 00:21:50,291
and two cartel members are
tackled and brought down.
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They keep going
through the building
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and they get to a bathroom.
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Like the
rest of the house,
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it's deserted, but as
they enter the bathroom,
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00:22:01,625 --> 00:22:03,541
the soldiers discover exactly
469
00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:07,124
how El Chapo managed
to vanish again.
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00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:10,041
Agents find that the
bathtub can be lifted
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00:22:10,042 --> 00:22:11,874
and that there's a tunnel
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and that that tunnel
system connects
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00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:16,249
to all the other safe houses.
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It's at this point
that Hogan sees the bathtub
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00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,582
and he understands the
text that was sent,
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00:22:20,583 --> 00:22:23,374
"Lucia flatten the bathtub,
was El Chapo telling his
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personal chef to try
to help him to escape.
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The agents realize
he could have only had
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about a 15 minute headstart,
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but no one in that town
is going to utter a word.
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They're afraid of him.
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00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,082
The one piece of good
news is
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that he's likely traveling
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with one of his most trusted
compatriots, El Condor.
485
00:22:44,125 --> 00:22:47,541
Luckily, Hogan had already
been tracking El Condor's
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Blackberry device, but it
goes dead for five days.
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00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,624
Then, on
February 20th,
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El Condor's phone
buzzes to life.
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00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:58,582
He's sending a text
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00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:01,374
Condor's signal
pops up in Mazatlan,
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this coastal city a
little over an hour
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00:23:03,208 --> 00:23:04,832
and a half drive from Culiacan.
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00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:06,541
There's a lot of
tourists in that town,
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00:23:06,542 --> 00:23:08,291
but it's not a hotspot.
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00:23:08,292 --> 00:23:11,124
Hogan at this point
is wondering, is this a trick?
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00:23:11,125 --> 00:23:12,166
Is this a deception?
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00:23:12,167 --> 00:23:13,499
Chapo Guzman has fooled people
498
00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:15,332
before by switching out phones,
499
00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:20,041
but over the next few days they
intercept more text messages
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00:23:20,042 --> 00:23:21,707
from Chapo Guzman's men,
501
00:23:21,708 --> 00:23:23,416
and it starts to make them think
502
00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:25,917
that it really is
them in Mazatlan.
503
00:23:31,958 --> 00:23:33,749
In Mazatlan, law
enforcement find
504
00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:35,666
that the GPS signal
from Condor is coming
505
00:23:35,667 --> 00:23:37,749
from the mid Miramar Condominio.
506
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:40,416
This is a very low key hotel
507
00:23:40,417 --> 00:23:42,042
and it's a very
unassuming place.
508
00:23:42,917 --> 00:23:46,082
On February 21st,
2014,
509
00:23:46,083 --> 00:23:47,874
in a massive pre-dawn raid,
510
00:23:47,875 --> 00:23:51,207
40 Mexican soldiers
storm the Miramar.
511
00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:54,999
They realized fairly
quickly that nobody's there,
512
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,667
except in room 401.
513
00:23:58,042 --> 00:23:59,791
When they finally
batter down the door,
514
00:23:59,792 --> 00:24:01,582
there on the other side
of it is El Condor.
515
00:24:01,583 --> 00:24:03,041
He is there with a rifle,
516
00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:04,749
but he quickly realizes
he's outnumbered
517
00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:06,707
and he surrenders very quickly.
518
00:24:06,708 --> 00:24:10,666
They see also somebody
hiding in the master bedroom,
519
00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:12,582
and when they look
behind the door,
520
00:24:12,583 --> 00:24:15,374
there is the world's most
wanted drug trafficker.
521
00:24:15,375 --> 00:24:17,707
Chapo basically
tries to run for the bathroom,
522
00:24:17,708 --> 00:24:19,832
but at that point
it's just impossible.
523
00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:21,041
People remember him saying,
524
00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:22,958
"I cannot believe you
caught me."
525
00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:27,791
The next day,
the story is front page news.
526
00:24:27,792 --> 00:24:31,374
El Chapo is on his way
to Altiplano prison.
527
00:24:31,375 --> 00:24:34,207
Altiplano is the
most maximum security prison
528
00:24:34,208 --> 00:24:37,207
in all of Mexico and Mexican
authorities are convinced
529
00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:40,124
that once he's there, he
will stay there forever.
530
00:24:40,125 --> 00:24:42,125
But they seriously
underestimated El Chapo.
531
00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:47,375
In 2014,
532
00:24:47,792 --> 00:24:50,624
when El Chapo is sent to
Altiplano prison,
533
00:24:50,625 --> 00:24:53,707
the most secure facility
in all of Mexico,
534
00:24:53,708 --> 00:24:57,666
most observers figure
he's behind bars for good.
535
00:24:57,667 --> 00:25:00,249
Not only is the
facility a no-fly zone,
536
00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:05,249
its walls are made of
concrete three feet thick,
537
00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:09,124
strong enough to resist a
full-scale military assault.
538
00:25:09,125 --> 00:25:12,166
And unlike the last time,
he's now being watched
539
00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:14,666
by video cameras 24/7.
540
00:25:14,667 --> 00:25:19,457
El Chapo's long and bloody
reign is over at last,
541
00:25:19,458 --> 00:25:21,042
or so it seems
542
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,707
The United States
government is trying to
543
00:25:23,708 --> 00:25:28,000
extradite him to the USA and
that terrifies El Chapo.
544
00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:31,749
If El Chapo is
extradited to the US,
545
00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:34,666
he will lose all his
power in the drug cartel,
546
00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:36,042
and he can't have that.
547
00:25:36,875 --> 00:25:38,624
Throughout this
entire process,
548
00:25:38,625 --> 00:25:40,874
his lawyers are
working overtime trying
549
00:25:40,875 --> 00:25:42,917
to block this extradition move.
550
00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:46,999
For 15 months, he is in
solitary confinement by himself
551
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,207
and he's under 24
hour surveillance.
552
00:25:49,208 --> 00:25:51,957
This man that once lived
this very lavish lifestyle
553
00:25:51,958 --> 00:25:55,624
is reduced to a cell that's
barely big enough to pace in.
554
00:25:55,625 --> 00:25:58,207
He's allowed one hour
outside every single day
555
00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:01,082
and then he's put right
back into his cell.
556
00:26:01,083 --> 00:26:03,499
In this cell, unlike
the one in Jalisco,
557
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:05,041
there are live cameras
558
00:26:05,042 --> 00:26:09,374
that can capture almost
every vantage point.
559
00:26:11,083 --> 00:26:15,041
On July 11th, 2015,
El Chapo is sitting on his bed.
560
00:26:15,042 --> 00:26:17,541
It looks like just any
other ordinary night,
561
00:26:17,542 --> 00:26:20,332
and about 8:10 he
gets it from his bed,
562
00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:22,207
paces over to the shower area,
563
00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:25,707
ducks down behind this
wall and disappears
564
00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:27,791
For the next 26 minutes,
565
00:26:27,792 --> 00:26:30,666
he's not appearing on camera.
566
00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:33,707
Finally, the correctional
staff goes and checks
567
00:26:33,708 --> 00:26:36,791
El Chapo's cell only to discover
568
00:26:36,792 --> 00:26:39,541
that there's a hole
in that shower area
569
00:26:39,542 --> 00:26:41,666
and El Chapo is gone.
570
00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:51,582
When authorities
explore the passageway,
571
00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:53,124
they're amazed.
572
00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:56,166
It's a masterpiece of
structural engineering.
573
00:26:56,167 --> 00:26:57,874
They look at the
shower stall
574
00:26:57,875 --> 00:27:02,041
and they see a tunnel that's
been dug underneath the stall.
575
00:27:02,042 --> 00:27:05,624
There are thousands of
fluorescent light bulbs
576
00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:09,207
and thousands of
feet of PVC piping
577
00:27:09,208 --> 00:27:12,874
that are piping in compressed
air into the tunnel,
578
00:27:12,875 --> 00:27:17,207
which is mile long and
about 30 feet deep.
579
00:27:17,208 --> 00:27:19,874
It's a hole that is
just barely big enough
580
00:27:19,875 --> 00:27:21,832
for El Chapo to squeeze through.
581
00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:23,582
And underneath that
waiting for him
582
00:27:23,583 --> 00:27:26,249
on the other side was
a motorcycle on a track
583
00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:29,000
that was designed by engineers
that whisked him away.
584
00:27:29,667 --> 00:27:33,082
The whole thing is run
by an industrial generator
585
00:27:33,083 --> 00:27:36,707
and the tunnel comes up
under an abandoned property
586
00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:39,582
about a mile from the prison.
587
00:27:39,583 --> 00:27:41,041
And at this point,
it's believed
588
00:27:41,042 --> 00:27:44,417
that El Chapo was at least
an hour ahead of officials.
589
00:27:45,958 --> 00:27:48,916
Only later does
law enforcement piece together
590
00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:51,166
how El Chapo pulled it off.
591
00:27:51,167 --> 00:27:53,791
After El Chapo
was incarcerated,
592
00:27:53,792 --> 00:27:55,707
a couple of gentlemen
came and bought
593
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,249
this abandoned piece of
property for a lot of money
594
00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:00,957
and said they wanted to
build a factory there.
595
00:28:00,958 --> 00:28:02,417
Over the process of
a year,
596
00:28:02,542 --> 00:28:05,249
the construction company is
putting this building together,
597
00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:07,082
which no one is
paying attention to,
598
00:28:07,083 --> 00:28:09,082
even though it's just a
mile away
599
00:28:09,083 --> 00:28:11,124
from a maximum security prison
600
00:28:11,125 --> 00:28:13,666
housing the world's
most wanted man.
601
00:28:13,667 --> 00:28:16,041
They bring in
excavation equipment.
602
00:28:16,042 --> 00:28:20,374
They move tons of earth
and no one's the wiser.
603
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,874
Officials estimate
that it took
604
00:28:23,875 --> 00:28:26,791
about 350 truckloads of sand
605
00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:28,957
and about $5 million,
606
00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:31,249
plus whatever bribes
had to be paid.
607
00:28:31,250 --> 00:28:32,874
And it took about
a year for them
608
00:28:32,875 --> 00:28:37,041
to build this tunnel directly
under his shower stall.
609
00:28:37,042 --> 00:28:39,457
Law enforcement was
blown away
610
00:28:39,458 --> 00:28:44,374
that a tunnel be constructed
30 feet down with the accuracy
611
00:28:44,375 --> 00:28:47,249
to come up in the one location
612
00:28:47,250 --> 00:28:49,332
where a camera
couldn't see El Chapo
613
00:28:49,333 --> 00:28:52,124
inside of his jail cell.
614
00:28:53,625 --> 00:28:57,249
It seems impossible
until El Chapo's family
615
00:28:57,250 --> 00:29:00,791
proudly reveals how
they helped him escape.
616
00:29:00,792 --> 00:29:02,707
El Chapo's wife
came to visit him
617
00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:04,707
and brought him a
very special watch,
618
00:29:04,708 --> 00:29:07,374
which had a GPS locator.
619
00:29:07,375 --> 00:29:12,082
So the engineers were able to
identify the exact location
620
00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,916
where the toilet
was and the wall.
621
00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:20,000
And the tunnel came up
precisely on that point.
622
00:29:22,083 --> 00:29:23,207
El Chapo's
escape is front page news.
623
00:29:23,208 --> 00:29:25,999
And now, without that
blackberry signal,
624
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,707
authorities don't have
the slightest idea
625
00:29:28,708 --> 00:29:31,541
where to find their
fugitive next.
626
00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:33,874
The National
Security Agency gets involved
627
00:29:33,875 --> 00:29:35,791
with the Mexican law enforcement
628
00:29:35,792 --> 00:29:37,791
and they scour the countryside.
629
00:29:37,792 --> 00:29:39,207
They look through ranches.
630
00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:40,582
They look through
government buildings.
631
00:29:40,583 --> 00:29:41,416
They go into churches.
632
00:29:41,417 --> 00:29:42,707
They go in everywhere.
633
00:29:42,708 --> 00:29:45,207
But no one is
giving up El Chapo.
634
00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:48,207
El Chapo has pulled
off the greatest Houdini Act yet
635
00:29:48,208 --> 00:29:50,666
and escaped from a
maximum security prison
636
00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:53,374
and no one knows where he's at.
637
00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:56,957
Now, there's a $5 million award
for any information leading
638
00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:58,875
to the location and
arrest of El Chapo.
639
00:30:04,583 --> 00:30:06,457
September, 2015, El
Chapo has been back
640
00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:08,207
on the loose for two months,
641
00:30:08,208 --> 00:30:10,832
but with so many
agents looking for him
642
00:30:10,833 --> 00:30:13,082
and reading cartel
phone messages,
643
00:30:13,083 --> 00:30:16,041
it isn't long before
he's tracked down again.
644
00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:19,332
This time, the drug
lord avoids busy towns
645
00:30:19,333 --> 00:30:22,707
and retreats into the remote
Sierra Madre mountains
646
00:30:22,708 --> 00:30:25,166
surrounded by his
heavily armed soldiers
647
00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:27,916
and lots of places to hide.
648
00:30:27,917 --> 00:30:31,082
A coalition of
American DEA, NSA
649
00:30:31,083 --> 00:30:33,582
and Mexican SEMAR Marines,
650
00:30:33,583 --> 00:30:36,541
get GPS data on one
651
00:30:36,542 --> 00:30:40,249
of Chapo's Guzman's
lieutenant's cell phones
652
00:30:40,250 --> 00:30:42,124
and they think they
know where he is
653
00:30:42,125 --> 00:30:44,707
and they set out to go get him.
654
00:30:44,708 --> 00:30:46,041
Cosala is a small
village
655
00:30:46,042 --> 00:30:49,291
in the mountains of
Sinaloa, 7,000 people,
656
00:30:49,292 --> 00:30:53,166
and it's a region known for
growing a lot of marijuana.
657
00:30:53,167 --> 00:30:55,874
And at some point, law
enforcement pinpoints
658
00:30:55,875 --> 00:30:57,166
where he is in the mountains
659
00:30:57,167 --> 00:31:00,666
and start closing in
on his whereabouts.
660
00:31:05,625 --> 00:31:06,832
The authorities think
661
00:31:06,833 --> 00:31:07,916
that this will be a
perfect place
662
00:31:07,917 --> 00:31:09,207
to actually catch him,
663
00:31:09,208 --> 00:31:11,791
because if they
zoom in on the Jeeps
664
00:31:11,792 --> 00:31:15,791
and the helicopters, and if
they seal off the whole area,
665
00:31:15,792 --> 00:31:18,417
El Chapo won't have
anywhere to run.
666
00:31:19,375 --> 00:31:22,332
But at the last
minute, agents infiltrate texts
667
00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:27,041
between El Chapo and his men
that leave them dumbfounded.
668
00:31:27,042 --> 00:31:29,416
El Chapo isn't in hiding at all.
669
00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:32,207
He's hobnobbing
with celebrities.
670
00:31:32,208 --> 00:31:35,791
It turns out that just
as the authorities are going
671
00:31:35,792 --> 00:31:37,957
to raid the village,
672
00:31:37,958 --> 00:31:41,082
El Chapo is meeting with
two famous film stars,
673
00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:43,374
one from the US, Sean Penn,
674
00:31:43,375 --> 00:31:46,916
and another one from
Mexico, Kate del Castillo,
675
00:31:46,917 --> 00:31:49,166
who wrote in her social media
676
00:31:49,167 --> 00:31:51,707
that she actually
believes in Chapo Guzman
677
00:31:51,708 --> 00:31:54,792
more than in the governments
that are hiding the truth.
678
00:31:55,208 --> 00:31:57,458
This really flattered El Chapo.
679
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,207
Kate del Castillo
had played
680
00:32:00,208 --> 00:32:02,207
an important female drag kingpin
681
00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:05,416
in a popular TV show
called "La Reina del Sur."
682
00:32:05,417 --> 00:32:07,874
And one can assume that
Chapo had watched this show
683
00:32:07,875 --> 00:32:10,124
and he had this affinity
for the actress.
684
00:32:10,125 --> 00:32:11,541
So they get in touch
685
00:32:11,542 --> 00:32:15,041
and he actually invites
her to go meet him.
686
00:32:15,042 --> 00:32:16,916
He's meant to keep
a very low profile
687
00:32:16,917 --> 00:32:18,207
so people cannot find him.
688
00:32:18,208 --> 00:32:20,874
And the less people
that know where he is,
689
00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:24,041
the better his chances
to not be caught again.
690
00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:27,082
El Chapo is out in
the wind at this point,
691
00:32:27,083 --> 00:32:29,167
but he's getting
a little arrogant.
692
00:32:30,375 --> 00:32:32,374
Apparently,
the drug lord wants
693
00:32:32,375 --> 00:32:35,541
to make a film about his
life and great escapes.
694
00:32:35,542 --> 00:32:38,749
He entrusts Del Castillo
to make it happen.
695
00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:40,041
It's crazy.
696
00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:42,041
Everybody in the world
is looking for this guy
697
00:32:42,042 --> 00:32:44,166
and he's planning on
making a big budget
698
00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:45,707
movie about himself.
699
00:32:45,708 --> 00:32:48,041
El Chapo had
already looked into
700
00:32:48,042 --> 00:32:49,374
having a movie made of his story
701
00:32:49,375 --> 00:32:51,374
and his life and his feats.
702
00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:53,582
He had been working with
a Colombian producer,
703
00:32:53,583 --> 00:32:55,207
but the Colombian
producer wanted to keep
704
00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:57,082
35% of the profits
705
00:32:57,083 --> 00:32:58,500
and El Chapo didn't like that.
706
00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:02,333
So the Colombian producer and
the script ended up vanishing.
707
00:33:03,875 --> 00:33:06,666
El Chapo wants Kate
del Castillo
708
00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:08,000
to produce the movie
709
00:33:08,125 --> 00:33:11,249
and she wants to bring
Sean Penn on as a producer,
710
00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:13,999
'cause it'll help give
credibility to the project.
711
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,791
Sean Penn is also coming with
the idea of writing an article
712
00:33:17,792 --> 00:33:20,749
for Rolling Stone about Chapo.
713
00:33:20,750 --> 00:33:23,707
Sean Penn and Del
Castillo traveled
714
00:33:23,708 --> 00:33:28,374
to meet El Chapo in this
remote location in the hills.
715
00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:32,707
They end up taking two separate
small aircraft plane rides
716
00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:37,624
and seven hours in an
SUV along a bumpy road.
717
00:33:37,625 --> 00:33:40,749
And he enters the scene
like he's royalty,
718
00:33:40,750 --> 00:33:44,166
wearing his silk shirt
and his pressed pants.
719
00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:46,041
And for the next seven hours,
720
00:33:46,042 --> 00:33:47,707
he entertains the two of them,
721
00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:50,874
pouring them drinks and
talking about his life
722
00:33:50,875 --> 00:33:52,916
and the movie that he wants made
723
00:33:52,917 --> 00:33:55,541
and how this would
all come about.
724
00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:57,957
After seven hours,
he abruptly ends it.
725
00:33:57,958 --> 00:33:59,207
He says, I gotta go
726
00:33:59,208 --> 00:34:02,292
because I can't stay in
one spot for too long.
727
00:34:04,833 --> 00:34:07,041
It's a smart move
on El Chapo's part.
728
00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:08,916
Mexican authorities
have been tracking
729
00:34:08,917 --> 00:34:11,957
Penn and Del Castillo from
the moment they touched down
730
00:34:11,958 --> 00:34:16,916
at Guadalajara Airport, and
they're ready to pounce.
731
00:34:16,917 --> 00:34:20,082
The Mexican government
wants to arrest El Chapo,
732
00:34:20,083 --> 00:34:22,957
but politicians on the
outside are starting
733
00:34:22,958 --> 00:34:25,291
to influence what's
going on by saying,
734
00:34:25,292 --> 00:34:30,041
we cannot risk having these
well-known actors injured
735
00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:33,207
in the course of
this investigation.
736
00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:34,541
So you need to back off
737
00:34:34,542 --> 00:34:36,874
and let them get
completely out of the way
738
00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:39,874
and risk losing El Chapo.
739
00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:42,082
The Mexican
authorities on the other hand
740
00:34:42,083 --> 00:34:44,249
say, no, we should go.
741
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:45,832
We should start the raid.
742
00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:49,124
And there is a disagreement
between the two governments.
743
00:34:49,125 --> 00:34:51,207
And as this
debate is raging on,
744
00:34:51,208 --> 00:34:53,499
the violent storm
came into the area
745
00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:56,374
that essentially
grounded any aircraft
746
00:34:56,375 --> 00:35:00,166
and it made going on the
ocean absolutely impossible.
747
00:35:00,167 --> 00:35:03,207
And so because of Mother Nature,
748
00:35:03,208 --> 00:35:05,832
this whole thing
was put on hold.
749
00:35:07,375 --> 00:35:09,707
A few days later,
after the storm passes
750
00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:14,207
and the actors go home, the
coalition finally moves ahead.
751
00:35:14,208 --> 00:35:16,582
By the time they
actually reached a place
752
00:35:16,583 --> 00:35:19,749
while Chapo was with his hundred
men, there's nobody left.
753
00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:22,249
The only thing they
find is some medication,
754
00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,999
broken phones, and
two-way radios.
755
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,500
El Chapo, yet again, vanished.
756
00:35:32,917 --> 00:35:35,041
December, 2015.
757
00:35:35,042 --> 00:35:37,541
By intercepting a
series of messages
758
00:35:37,542 --> 00:35:39,124
between El Chapo and the
actress Kate del Castillo,
759
00:35:39,125 --> 00:35:40,541
agents have tracked the kingpin
760
00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:43,374
to his hometown
village of La Tuna,
761
00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:45,999
high in the Sierra
Madre mountains,
762
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,541
but instigating a bloodbath
here is too great a risk.
763
00:35:49,542 --> 00:35:53,666
So they wait until the drug
lord takes a trip into town.
764
00:35:53,667 --> 00:35:56,332
Mexican intelligence
at the NSA have discovered
765
00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:59,207
that he's building a
beach house on the coast.
766
00:35:59,208 --> 00:36:02,250
That would be an ideal
place for a takedown.
767
00:36:04,083 --> 00:36:06,207
The decision is made
not to go into the mountains
768
00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:07,624
because it's too dangerous
769
00:36:07,625 --> 00:36:10,624
and too many opportunities
for El Chapo to escape.
770
00:36:10,625 --> 00:36:13,416
So they try and force
him out to an area closer
771
00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:17,624
to the beach house where they
can affect a safer arrest.
772
00:36:17,625 --> 00:36:21,874
They do things like
helicopter raids over La Tuna
773
00:36:21,875 --> 00:36:24,832
and they go to outposts
where some of his gunmen are
774
00:36:24,833 --> 00:36:26,707
and shoot that all up.
775
00:36:26,708 --> 00:36:29,249
They get him to a point
where he's thinking,
776
00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:31,249
I gotta get outta here
777
00:36:31,250 --> 00:36:35,124
because law enforcement
is right at my heels.
778
00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:37,499
All of these attempts
seem to do the trick.
779
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,082
He leaves his house in La Tuna
780
00:36:40,083 --> 00:36:42,124
and goes to his
house on the beach.
781
00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:47,624
When the authorities
go to the house,
782
00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:49,457
they don't see anything unusual,
783
00:36:49,458 --> 00:36:52,582
but the house is
a white building,
784
00:36:52,583 --> 00:36:56,374
two stories, and it
has a gated garage
785
00:36:56,375 --> 00:36:59,457
and a large tree sort of
blocking the front of it.
786
00:36:59,458 --> 00:37:02,832
And then on January 7th, 2016,
787
00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:05,999
they see El Chapo
sneaking into the house
788
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,291
in the middle of the night.
789
00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:10,541
So by 4:30 AM, they
decide to raid the place.
790
00:37:12,167 --> 00:37:15,166
They go in grenades,
guns,
791
00:37:15,167 --> 00:37:18,416
everything blasting full force.
792
00:37:18,417 --> 00:37:21,832
Five members of El
Chapo's cartel are killed.
793
00:37:21,833 --> 00:37:23,374
Six more are wounded.
794
00:37:23,375 --> 00:37:24,874
After they enter
the residence,
795
00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:26,582
the search is made
of the beach house,
796
00:37:26,583 --> 00:37:29,458
but El Chapo is gone yet again.
797
00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:32,791
This time, El
Chapo had two tunnels
798
00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:34,541
to throw off agents
following him.
799
00:37:34,542 --> 00:37:36,374
One was under the refrigerator.
800
00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:39,332
And that one was quickly
revealed to be a dead end,
801
00:37:39,333 --> 00:37:41,332
but there was another
one in the closet
802
00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:43,541
of the master bedroom
behind a mirror,
803
00:37:43,542 --> 00:37:46,917
that was the real tunnel
that Chapo used to escape.
804
00:37:48,917 --> 00:37:51,499
A hidden
switch activates a trap door
805
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,541
that leads into the city's
underground sewer system.
806
00:37:54,542 --> 00:37:56,499
El Chapo and one of
his lieutenants have
807
00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,624
about a 20 minute lead
on law enforcement,
808
00:37:59,625 --> 00:38:02,166
but the sewer is about
half full with rain
809
00:38:02,167 --> 00:38:06,207
and putrid human sewage,
and it's only getting worse.
810
00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:08,332
So the tunnel is
filling up
811
00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:10,041
and they're having
to move through it
812
00:38:10,042 --> 00:38:11,457
as far as they can get.
813
00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:13,082
They get to a manhole cover
814
00:38:13,083 --> 00:38:15,666
and it's so heavy that it
takes 'em several minutes
815
00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:16,916
to be able to try to open it up.
816
00:38:16,917 --> 00:38:19,082
And ultimately, they end
up having to wedge one
817
00:38:19,083 --> 00:38:21,457
of their shoes in
to keep it open.
818
00:38:22,875 --> 00:38:25,416
At 8:55 AM,
surveillance footage
819
00:38:25,417 --> 00:38:27,541
shows the two men emerging
820
00:38:27,542 --> 00:38:30,207
from the sewer wet
and covered in muck.
821
00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,832
This time El Chapo and
his top lieutenant
822
00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:34,041
have no support.
823
00:38:34,042 --> 00:38:35,374
They're all alone.
824
00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:36,874
So they come outta
the manhole cover
825
00:38:36,875 --> 00:38:39,666
and they hijack the first
vehicle that they can find,
826
00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:41,832
but it breaks down
almost immediately.
827
00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:43,583
So they hijack a second vehicle.
828
00:38:44,917 --> 00:38:47,916
And it's got a woman in it with
her five-year-old grandson.
829
00:38:47,917 --> 00:38:48,957
And she's terrified.
830
00:38:48,958 --> 00:38:51,374
They steal that
vehicle, kick them out,
831
00:38:51,375 --> 00:38:53,207
and they start to
make their escape.
832
00:38:53,208 --> 00:38:54,999
The woman immediately
reports it.
833
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,041
And law enforcement
set up checkpoints
834
00:38:57,042 --> 00:39:00,125
all over the city
trying to find El Chapo.
835
00:39:01,042 --> 00:39:02,874
Hours pass, and at
10:00 PM,
836
00:39:02,875 --> 00:39:05,332
they finally pull over El Chapo
837
00:39:05,333 --> 00:39:08,499
and it's at this point he tries
to again use his influence
838
00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,207
and buy his way out
of this situation.
839
00:39:10,208 --> 00:39:13,999
He offers cash, he offers
property, he offers houses.
840
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,541
None of it works.
841
00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:17,249
He then threatens to
kill the officers,
842
00:39:17,250 --> 00:39:18,666
but they stand their ground.
843
00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:21,125
And so he says, you're
all going to die.
844
00:39:22,625 --> 00:39:25,999
El Chapo says, "My guys
are coming to get me.
845
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,541
You better let me go."
846
00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:29,957
So it's a race to see
who gets there first,
847
00:39:29,958 --> 00:39:34,041
El Chapo's henchman or the
Mexican law enforcement.
848
00:39:34,042 --> 00:39:37,832
This time the Marines,
they get to El Chapo first
849
00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:41,207
and that backup squad of
assassins that was on the way,
850
00:39:41,208 --> 00:39:44,291
they may be sensing that the
Marines are already there
851
00:39:44,292 --> 00:39:45,500
and they never arrive.
852
00:39:50,792 --> 00:39:52,374
After his capture,
853
00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:55,041
El Chapo is taken to
a prison in Juarez,
854
00:39:55,042 --> 00:39:56,666
near the US border.
855
00:39:56,667 --> 00:39:58,707
In January, 2017,
856
00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:01,041
he's extradited to
the United States
857
00:40:01,042 --> 00:40:05,499
and held in solitary
confinement in a Manhattan jail.
858
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:07,832
Later, in 2019,
859
00:40:07,833 --> 00:40:10,999
he's found guilty in a very
highly publicized trial
860
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,582
of drug trafficking,
money laundering,
861
00:40:13,583 --> 00:40:15,207
ordering assassinations.
862
00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:19,499
And he is given 30 years
plus life as a sentence
863
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:22,792
and ordered to
forfeit $12.6 billion.
864
00:40:24,333 --> 00:40:25,833
El Chapo is by far one
865
00:40:25,958 --> 00:40:29,332
of the biggest mythical figures
in Mexican drug trafficking.
866
00:40:29,333 --> 00:40:32,207
And it looks like his son
may be forming an alliance
867
00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:33,666
with some of his old rivals.
868
00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:35,499
So it's gonna be really
interesting to see
869
00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:36,874
how this all plays out
870
00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:38,332
and whether or not we
can really still talk
871
00:40:38,333 --> 00:40:39,832
about the Sinaloa Cartel
872
00:40:39,833 --> 00:40:43,999
as a coherent entity
without El Chapo.
873
00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:47,082
Today, El Chapo is
held
874
00:40:47,083 --> 00:40:49,874
at ADX Florence in Colorado,
875
00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:53,707
the most secure federal
prison in the United States.
876
00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:58,416
He is confined to a tiny
cell 23 hours a day.
877
00:40:58,417 --> 00:41:00,416
His empire has fractured
878
00:41:00,417 --> 00:41:02,541
and dozens of cartel
leaders have been
879
00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:04,541
arrested in the years since.
880
00:41:04,542 --> 00:41:07,832
But as of 2024, it's estimated
881
00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:11,791
that at least 80,000 people
have died in Mexico as a result
882
00:41:11,792 --> 00:41:14,707
of the seemingly
endless drug wars
883
00:41:14,708 --> 00:41:17,707
that El Chapo helped start.
884
00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:22,624
Joaquin El Chapo Guzman
may finally be behind bars,
885
00:41:22,625 --> 00:41:26,166
but the violent world he
helped create lives on.
886
00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:27,874
I'm Laurence Fishburne.
887
00:41:27,875 --> 00:41:32,082
Thank you for watching
this "Case Closed" episode
888
00:41:32,083 --> 00:41:34,667
of "History's
Greatest Mysteries."